Prevalence, care-seeking practices and impact of self-reported vision impairment in Southwest Cameroon: a community-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the prevalence of self-reported vision impairment (VI) in Southwest Cameroon and describe associated care-seeking practices, functional limitations and economic hardships.

Design

A three-stage clustered sampling household community-based survey.

Setting

The Southwest region of Cameroon.

Participants

8046 individuals of all ages residing in the Southwest region of Cameroon.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Prevalence of self-reported VI, onset of vision loss, care-seeking practices, diagnosis and treatment, functional limitations, economic hardships on household, beliefs about surgical treatability of blindness and barriers to surgical care.

Results

The estimated prevalence of self-reported VI in Southwest Cameroon was

SUBMITTER: Mbeboh SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7692974 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature